Steph+Alex,
a Match Made in Heaven!
Kitty
Red
Scene:
at the Scully's house
DING
DONG!!! The doorbell rang, and Steph, being the only one home, got up from the
settee and pulled the door open. At the door stood Max. Steph wasn't
particularly pleased to see a 40 something year old stood at the door
looking...angry.
"Hi
Steph," he said, "i wondered if you could take Summer for me, she's
been...a bit of a nuisance, you'll only have to have her for an hour or
so." Steph softened up a little and agreed. Max left and Summer told her
what happened.
"So,
me and Boyd were making prank phone calls. Boyd's with Stuart, doing cleaning
but he brought me over to you hoping you could teach me a lesson!"
"Well...i
don't know about teaching you a lesson but i can teach you how to have fun! But,
just as long as you don't make anymore prank phone calls! ok?"
"Sure!
What shall we do?!"
"I
know! How would you like a ride on my motorbike?!"
"You're
serious?!"
"Yeah!"
"Amazing!
I'd love to!" Steph and Summer drove around for a while, just round the
street at first then over to the coffee shop, where they bumped into Max.
"Hi
Steph," he said.
"Hi,"
she said back, "me and Summer have had a great time haven't we?"
"Yeah!"
Summer said smiling.
"A-a
great time?!" Max said, his eyes looking frightening and cold all of a
sudden, "i thought i told you Summer had been a nuisance! That doesn't mean
i want you to treat her for it!" Steph felt frightened, the rage in his
eyes, in his face. Then she felt angry.
"She's
just a kid Max!" She yelled, "all kids make prank phone calls and do
bad stuff sometimes, it doesn't mean she should be locked up and made to do
chores!"
"Who
said anything about 'locking up'! You abused my trust in you Steph! Come on
Summer!" With that, he grabbed Summer's hand and left the Coffee Shop.
Steph hated Max, how dare he! She muttered rude words under her breath then
Harold came over.
"Are
you ok?" he asked her
"Yeah,
fine thanks Harold," she replied. She forced a smile then left. How much
she hated that Max Hoyland!
Part 2
Scene:
no particular scene to start with
The
next few days were spent, for Steph, cleaning her 'bike, socialising with
friends and trying to get Michelle home and she forgot about her 'tiff' with
Max. When they passed each other in the street, they wouldn't even raise their
heads to look at each other, they simply pretended the other person wasn't
there. Steph was fine with this, she never liked him anyway. What is there to
like?
It
was, as usual, very hot and Steph got out of the shower and slipped on a green
strappy top, darker green loose pedal pushers and some sandals. She thought she
would go to the coffee shop and get some lunch, she couldn't be bothered to make
it, it was too hot and all she wanted to do was lounge around.
When
she arrived she went and got a cold drink and ordered a salad and a cheese roll.
She found a table and sat down. Luckily, Harold had a newspaper handy so she
read that. Her lunch came and she tucked in happily.
A
few minutes later a young man, about Steph's age, came up to her,
"Can
i use this chair please?" He asked smiling. He definitely wasn't australian,
he sounded italian! He had lovely tanned skin, dark hair and Steph thought he
was gorgeous!
"Err,
yeah, yeah it is," Steph said returning the smile.
"Thanks,"
he said then walked away. Steph watched him sit at a table with just a guy on
it. Phew! She thought, at least he's not having lunch with a lady! She ate her
lunch slowly, looking at him every-now-and-again and sometimes she saw him
looking at her! Blimey! She felt sixteen all over again!
After
a while the gorgeous guy got up and walked out the door. Steph didn't know what
to do, would she ever see him again? Can she let him go without even finding out
his name?
Part 3
Scene:
coffee shop for about two seconds then it moves outside
"Wait!"
Steph shouted to the gorge guy but he didn't hear. She got up in a flash and
shot outside, he was walking over the bridge, she caught up with him and put a
hand on his shoulder to catch his attention. He spun round to face her.
"oh
hi!" he said cheerily, smiling that drop dead gorgeous smile.
"err...hi!"
Steph said back wondering if this was a good idea.
"did
you...want something?" he asked.
"no-i
mean yes, yes i did-do! Err, i was just wondering if maybe sometime, if you want
to maybe err, come out sometime, only if you want to of course!" He smiled
again, his lovely brown eyes catching the sunlight.
"sure!"
he said, "when? what time? And i'd like to know your name."
"Stephanie
Scully, but call me Steph."
"that's
a lovely name! i'm Alex Argenzio, you've probably guessed i'm not from around
here, i'm from Brazil."
"wow!"
she couldn’t help staring at him then she came back to her senses, "how
about we meet tomorrow at..."
"hey,
why don't you meet me at the pub tomorrow at about 10:00am?"
"sure,
ok. Are we having lunch there?"
"yes,
eventually, first i've got a little surprise in store! Are you daring and do you
love adventures?!"
"yeah!
you bet!"
"great!
i'll see you then!" He left with his friend and Steph wondered what the
surprise could be. Should she trust this guy? She didn't even know him, hardly,
and yet she was going to meet him so he could take her somewhere!? But...Alex
Argenzio! Wow! What a sexy name! Steph felt herself going red and wondered why
she felt like this.
She
decided she would meet him! After all, she can look after herself and he didn't
seem shifty. If he had wanted to hurt her then surely he would have asked her
out! Convinced everything will be fine, Steph walked home thinking about Alex
and what they would do tommorrow.
Part
4
Scene:
the Scully's house
Steph
sat on the sofa. She had just arrived back after asking the gorge Alex Argenzio
out! She was restless and was still wondering what the surprise was that
he had planned for her. Oh, how she longed for tommorrow!
"Hey
Stephie!" Lyn said coming through the door. She was carrying four shopping
bags.
"Woah!
you shouldn't be carrying those mum!" Steph said getting up and taking the
bags off Lyn. They walked into the kitchen, put the shopping away, made some
coffee then sat down on the sofa again.
"Ahh..."
Lyn said sighing contently, "so then my Stephie, what have you been doing
today love?"
"oh
you know, the usual..." Lyn looked at her suspiciously then said,
"really...what's
the usual?"
"oh
mum, you know me too well! ok ok, i met this guy!"
"oh
Steph that's fantastic! is he nice?"
"no
he's a terrible ogre, you should know that! ogre's are the best looking guys
around!" They chatted for a while and Steph told Lyn all the important
details.
The
next few hours were spent lounging around really. It was soooo hot and sticky.
Finally, Steph went to bed.
Steph
woke up. Ohmigod! It's the day! She looked at her clock, 7:54am. Plenty of time.
She showered, had brekkie, got changed into something cool and simple then went
to the pub early. She checked her watch, 9:32am.
Blimey,
she was so nervous! She kept checking the time then, at 9:55am Alex walked
through the door!
"Hi!"
he said smiling, "come on, i've got something to show you!"
"mmm,
i'm intrigued!" Steph caught his eye and was lost in a moment of bliss for
a few seconds. They set off in his red car out to the clear, grassy areas. Steph
didn't feel a bit nervous, she layed back her head and let the cool air rush
through the open window. Finally, they arrived. A hill.
"here
we are!" Alex said opening the door for Steph.
"err..."
"i
know, i know, it doesn't look much now but hang on!" They walked over to a
ranch, Alex gently touching her shoulder every now and again when he spoke. In
the ranch was a man who Alex obviously knew well and he slipped Steph into some
gear.
"Alex!"
Steph said, "what is the surprise!?!?"
"come
here." he took her hand and led her to the top of the hill where...a
paraglide stood!
"oh
my-"
"like
it!?"
"i-i
can't wait! we're going PARAGLIDING???!!!"
"sure
are!" the got safely strapped in, Alex on top of her, sort of in sleeping
bags and ran towards the edge of the hill the took off. Steph felt the cold air
rush around her head, her hair flying off her face, Alex's warm body above her.
The air was cold but Steph didn't mind, she was hot! They flew around for a bit,
seeing the amazing views and Steph heard Alex say something but she couldn't
make out what. They went up twice more then landed.
"Wow!
that was amazing! fantastic! wonderful!"
"i
knew you'd like it! i do that a lot i love it!"
"i'm
not surprised! they calmed down, got out of their gear then went and stood on
the hill side.
"You
said something up there, what?" Steph said brushing her hair off her face.
"i
said..." he put his hand on her face, brushing her hair away then kissed
her lightly. She kissed him back and they both wrapped their arms around each
other.
Eventually
they left, and Steph sat in the car hardly believing she had met someone so
wonderful. They had lunch at the pub together and everything was perfect
until...
Scene:
in the pub
"Marc!"
Steph said getting up then wishing she hadn't. After all, she didn't
particularly want to speak to him.
"Steph..."
he said looking sad and sort of old.
"get
out! stay away from here, you're not wanted!" Steph shouted, Flick,
weddings, and hurt running through her head.
"do
you know him?" Alex asked.
"yes,
i know him!" Steph said through gritted teeth, "i know this CREEP! WHO
CHEATED ON ME WITH MY OWN SISTER WHEN WE WERE GOING TO GET MARRIED!!!" By
now Steph was crying hysterically and she was uncontrollable. She wasn't usually
this emotional but marc had hurt her so much she couldn't help it. she wanted
him to go, she wanted to go back into that bliss with Alex.
Alex
held her as she cried in his arms, he glared at marc and marc looked shocked and
embarrassed. Lou came out of his office to see what all the commotion was about.
"what's
going on?" he asked, then he saw marc and Steph crying, "i think you'd
better go sonny!" he looked at marc. Marc left and Lou went over to Steph.
"oh streuth!" he said patting her on the back.
Later,
Steph was feeling much better, she wanted to forget about marc for now and
concentrate on Alex. They were at Steph's house and they both had a cup of
coffee whilst sat on the sofa. Steph had already explained what marc and flick
had done and now there was a long silence.
"anyway,
enough about my past. what's your job? where do you live?" Steph said
breaking the silence.
"i
work at the pub! and live in a flat on Heather Street."
"you
work in the pub?! why didn't you say so?!"
"sorry,
it just didn't cross my mind! how about you? i've just realised how little we
know about each other yet somehow...we're so close." Steph had caught his
eyes again and couldn't look away. when she finally did she realised he was
right. was she in love? did she really love Alex? yes, she thought, she did.
"err,
well i live here obviously, and i work for MOCO's a delivery company, it mostly
delivers car parts to local garages and i recently got a pay rise so it's ok.
i'm not working at the minute though, i'd been working over time as we were an
employee down but now we've found someone new so i'm getting time off."
He
took her hand and she fondled his hair. We are in love, she thought. It
was true, they were blissfully in love and enjoying every minute of it. They
kissed for a long time then Alex had to go. they said a reluctant goodbye then
he left. suddenly, thoughts of marc began returning to her and she tried to push
them away but it didn't work so she turned on the radio to drown out the
thoughts but she immediately wished she hadn't.
Part 6
Scene:
the Scully's house
"what
the-" Steph said confused. Max was on the radio saying who he liked most
and least on the street. It was a competition they were doing to find the most
popular person in Ramsay Street. it was stupid really but very popular. the
worst thing is, he was saying she was his least fave person!
"yeah,
Steph is...one of a kind!" max was saying, "she likes to mix with the
guys cos as far as i know she doesn't have any girl mates!"
"ooh!
harsh, harsh!" the radio man said, "so why is she your least favourite
person?"
"that's
easy, she took my kid, Summer, around on her motorbike without even telling me
and she could have got killed! she's rude, insolent and once went out with a
criminal!" Steph couldn't believe she was hearing this! how did he know
about that?! she's not rude or insolent!
She
switched the radio off and stormed towards the door ready to give max a piece of
her mind, but standing at the door was...marc.
"hey
Steph!" he said smiling.
"get
lost! i don't want to see you ever again!"
"i
know, i know! i'm sorry with what i've done-"
"sorry?!
that means nothing to me!"
"can
i come in?"
"no!
go away!" then, suddenly he grabbed Steph's arm and pulled her outside. she
screamed but he pulled her in front of him and covered her mouth. he dragged her
to a black car and shoved her inside.
"tut
tut Steph! you shouldn't have said that!" marc said evilly. Steph turned
her head and saw...Flick!
"Flick?!"
she said.
"Stephie!"
she cried. her arms were tied and her feet, marc came round to Steph's side and
did the same. but, amazingly, he didn't gag them.
"Flick!
how? what?" Steph asked.
"he
came to america and pretended to love me then dragged me here! what will he
do?!"
"i
don't know flick. just-just stay calm." he drove them to the beach! pulled
them out the car and-
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